At 10 a.m. local time, the first day of the 2023 Formula 1 winter testing started at the circuit in Bahrain.
Today it is not as hot as a year ago, but then the tests started two weeks later. It is now sunny, the air temperature is +24C, the asphalt has warmed up to +26C. Precipitation is not expected, but wind gusts can bring sand from the desert.
There are two pre-sessions of 4 hours and 15 minutes with an hour break. The tests will end at 7:30 PM Moscow time.
George Russell was first on track.
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Today they work on the railway
Mercedes: George Russell (morning) and Lewis Hamilton (afternoon)
Red Bull races: Max Verstappen Ferrari: Carlos Sainz (morning) and Charles Leclerc (afternoon)
McLaren: Oscar Piastri (morning) and Lando Norris (afternoon)
Alps: Pierre Gasly (morning) and Esteban Ocon (afternoon)
Aston Martin: Felipe Drugovic (morning) and Fernando Alonso (afternoon)
AlphaTauri: Yuki Tsunoda (morning) and Nick de Vries (afternoon)
Alfa Romeo: Guanyu Zhou (morning) and Valtteri Bottas (afternoon)
hare: Nico Hulkenberg (morning) and Kevin Magnussen (afternoon)
Willems: Alex Albon (morning) and Logan Sargent (afternoon)
Source: F1 News

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